Dragnet: Attempted City Hall Bombing

Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. NBC brings you dragnet. You're a detective sergeant. You've been off duty two hours.

You receive an emergency call from the chief of detectives. An entire block in the heart of your city is threatened with complete destruction. Your job... ...reported once. Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime, investigated and solved by the men who unrelentingly stand watch on the security of your home, your family and your life.

For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.

It was Tuesday, November 15th. It was raining in Los Angeles. We were off duty reporting in on an emergency call. My partner has been Romero. The boss is Ed Backstrand, chief of detectives. My name's Friday.

It was 8.32 a.m. when I walked in the spring street entrance to the city hall. You Sergeant Friday? Yeah, that's right. I take my elevator, Sergeant. It's the only one in service. All right. I'll run you up to 16.

The chief's waiting for you up there. What's the pitch? Only one elevator and service out of 10. place looks deserted what's going on nobody in the building only office people been sent home lots of trouble somebody declare a holiday no joke sergeant big trouble all right you convinced me what is it here we are 16 floor over here